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STMO999

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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #30 on: 20 November 2009, 21:40:09 »
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it could also be that you cant see a digital in the daylight


Oh dear. No one must have any idea of their speed in the summer months. Bombshell. :o
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« Reply #31 on: 20 November 2009, 21:44:42 »
You should all have the joy of experiencing the Mercedes white dials, with digital readings, in the latest 'E' class.  Superb in the extreme and readable in all conditions :-* :-* :-* :-* :y :y
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« Reply #32 on: 20 November 2009, 21:47:33 »
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You should all have the joy of experiencing the Mercedes white dials, with digital readings, in the latest 'E' class.  Superb in the extreme and readable in all conditions :-* :-* :-* :-* :y :y


Pity you dont own one then. :P
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Lizzie_Zoom

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« Reply #33 on: 20 November 2009, 21:58:26 »
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You should all have the joy of experiencing the Mercedes white dials, with digital readings, in the latest 'E' class.  Superb in the extreme and readable in all conditions :-* :-* :-* :-* :y :y


Pity you dont own one then. :P


Oh I will one day!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)
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« Reply #34 on: 20 November 2009, 22:21:47 »
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You should all have the joy of experiencing the Mercedes white dials, with digital readings, in the latest 'E' class.  Superb in the extreme and readable in all conditions :-* :-* :-* :-* :y :y


Pity you dont own one then. :P


Oh I will one day!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

Shame its all cobbled together with gaffer tape and paper mache and about as reliable as a plumbers estimate  ;D
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« Reply #35 on: 20 November 2009, 22:36:50 »
I think it might be an image thing -  the Omega dash does look quite refined, some digital dashes look pants
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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #36 on: 20 November 2009, 22:38:47 »
Easier to clock (sorry I mean 'apply mileage correction) a digital mileometer than a mechanical one.

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« Reply #37 on: 21 November 2009, 12:50:22 »
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Easier to clock (sorry I mean 'apply mileage correction) a digital mileometer than a mechanical one.


Thats what I've heard.
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« Reply #38 on: 21 November 2009, 18:22:18 »
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it could also be that you cant see a digital in the daylight
Only if the backlight is f**ked.

I'm inclined to agree with Mark, if anything it will be down to type approval (digital speedo's are too fast in the response stakes, and as a result they can produce very wild figures when travelling at anything other than an established speed).

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Easier to clock (sorry I mean 'apply mileage correction) a digital mileometer than a mechanical one.

Spot on  :y

Every car dealer in the world would have a go at the mechanical speedo.
Electronic dashes of the late eighties/early nineties meant the dealers had to pay people an absolute minimum of £150 a go to give the car a haircut (very easy money at the likes of Wanno/Blackbushe/etc when it only took 10 mins tops with a laptop to dial the new mileage in).

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« Reply #39 on: 21 November 2009, 18:41:09 »
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Easier to clock (sorry I mean 'apply mileage correction) a digital mileometer than a mechanical one.

Spot on  :y

Every car dealer in the world would have a go at the mechanical speedo.
Electronic dashes of the late eighties/early nineties meant the dealers had to pay people an absolute minimum of £150 a go to give the car a haircut (very easy money at the likes of Wanno/Blackbushe/etc when it only took 10 mins tops with a laptop to dial the new mileage in).

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Guy round here does BMW digitals for £40!  ::) (What's the mileage?, What mileage would you like sir....)
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« Reply #40 on: 21 November 2009, 18:42:45 »
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Guy round here does BMW digitals for £40!  ::) (What's the mileage?, What mileage would you like sir....)
People do it for less than £40 all day long, but back in the day you paid what was asked by the man with the laptop  ;)
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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #41 on: 22 November 2009, 10:33:12 »
Changing over in life would be expensive, as people have said for retooling. Omega was goign through design probably from around 1990/91, virtually nothing had digital odos then.

Does it matter?
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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #42 on: 22 November 2009, 10:33:59 »
Actually, thinking about it, my 1990 GTE which had LCD dash had a mechanical odo iirc...
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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #43 on: 22 November 2009, 10:36:55 »
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Actually, thinking about it, my 1990 GTE which had LCD dash had a mechanical odo iirc...

So did the Senator, but the LCD's where way to chunky and looked outdated in the 90's

More modern ones with back lights tend to work better. Does not really bother me
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Re: Mileage counter
« Reply #44 on: 22 November 2009, 10:42:02 »
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Actually, thinking about it, my 1990 GTE which had LCD dash had a mechanical odo iirc...

So did the Senator, but the LCD's where way to chunky and looked outdated in the 90's

More modern ones with back lights tend to work better. Does not really bother me

No they didn't! :-?
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